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Chapter 9.
Max sighed as he watched in his minds eyes Liz frantically looking for him while she held the blue delicate flowers in her hands.
He wanted so badly to appear to her. It had been a month since he had touched her face and kissed her soft lips. The pain was unbearable.
“Max”
“Max!”
Suddenly he popped open his eyes to find Victoria glaring at him suspiciously across the room.
“Hello Victoria”
She walked slowly looking at him up and down squinting her eyes as if she were trying to read his mind.
She sat near him on the big green couch and placed his hand inside the slit of her long scarlet evening gown.
“What were you thinking about?”
Max stiffened as she moved his hand up her smooth thigh. In the past few weeks he had played the dutiful fiancé.
He smiled through the endless plans for their wedding. He tasted a million wedding cakes, looked at a million invitations and stood by her as she tortured the wedding planners with of her insane demands. He was living up to his part of the deal even though it was killing him.
“Max”
“What?”
She moved his hand closer and closer up her thigh while she laid her head against his shoulder and breathed out.
“I asked you what were you thinking about my love”
Abruptly he pulled his hand away from her and walked to the window.
Touching her was the one thing that he could not force himself to do and she was well aware of that.
“I’m not thinking of anything. I-I’m just tired.”
A frown was replace by a determined grimace as Victoria made her way over to him.
Max dug his fingers into the thick velvet drapes as she wrapped her arms around him from behind.
Her thin silk gown held little to the imagination as she pressed her body up against his back. Her long blazing red hair fell against his neck as she brushed her crimson lips to his ear.
“I believe you have kept me waiting long enough Max. Tonight when everyone has left the engagement party I will expect you in my bedroom.”
She snaked her hands underneath his shirt and laughed when she felt him clutch his stomach muscles.
“Hmm yes I believe it’s time that I’ve seen this beautiful body that you’ve managed to hide from me all this time. I expect great pleasure from you tonight darling. Believe me no one will benefit if you decide to disappoint”
Max squeezed his eyes shut clenching his jaw in disgust.
Her hands moved lower to grasp him but Max managed to escape from her hold just in time before she had a chance to touch him.
”I-I need to go get ready now. I'll be back soon"
Max darted out the door stumbling past the maid in his haste to leave.
Victoria smiled inwardly whispering before taking a sip of her drink.
‘You can’t run forever Max.’
Max breathlessly burst threw the doors of his bedroom and collapsed on the bed letting his head fall into his hands.
After many minutes trying to calm himself down he fell backwards onto his back in the darkness.
Out of the corner of his eye he saw his tux hanging over his closet door and turned to his side.
Out the window he could see the moon that he shared with his lost love. His eyes became heavy as he laid there staring at the brilliant white light as it shown down against his window.
He longed to see her again. Max had worked hard to keep his secret visits to Liz short and infrequent. He was always careful not to let her see him. He just had to know if she was safe. Sometimes it would only be for a few moments. He was always so fearful of being caught he never dared to stay long.
It was usually while she was asleep he would watch her from the corner of her room. Pain would wash over him as he restrained himself from reaching out and touching her. He would often see the tracks of her tear stained face knowing that it was him that was causing all of her pain.
He always ended up convincing himself that it was better this way. That it was better for her if she never knew he was there.
He wrapped his arms tightly around his chest knowing that he wouldn’t be able to put off Victoria much longer. He couldn’t imagine giving that part of himself to her. He pictured Liz in his mind. She was always so full of love and innocence as he hovered over her small body. He didn’t know how to fake such emotion such passion.
He struggled with what Victoria ask of him. He couldn't imagine being intimate with anyone but Liz. The thought was just impossible for him comprehend.
He needed go to the only place he felt safe and loved. He needed to feel her in his arms again…to hear her soft voice speak his name. He knew it was wrong and selfish but he couldn’t help himself. The need for her was too intense to ignore any longer.
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Liz tossed and turned in her bed lost in yet another dream of him.
Words floated from her mouth as she pulled on the sheets.
“I love you Max”
“I love you too”
Suddenly her eyes flew open. She sat up in bed panting looking into the darkness.
“Max?”
“Max?”
“I’m here”
Liz sat up on her knees and struggled to find the husky whisper that had haunted her dreams.
Slowly he stepped out of the darkness just as beautiful and graceful as the first night she saw him.
She stepped off the bed and tentatively walked towards him.
Her shaky soft voice was music to his ears as he drank her in.
“A-Are you real?”
Max breathed out as he pulled her in and captured her lips. His hands sought out the smooth skin under her tank top caressing her back as he pressed her close to his chest.
It was a desperate kiss full of lost moments and too many lonely nights.
Breathlessly he pulled back and held her face in his hands.
“Oh how I’ve missed you Liz”
Her eyes filled with tears as she trying unsuccessfully to will them back. His heart broke as they spilled down her flushed cheeks and over his fingers.
“Please don’t cry Liz”
“I never thought I would see you again. W-What does this mean?”
Her face lit up as she wiped her tears away.
“You found a way didn’t you! I knew you would! I knew you would come for me I kne-
Her joyful ranting halted when he released her and walked to her window.
Liz nodded quietly understanding exactly what his silence meant.
Nothing was settled. He was not free.
“So when is the wedding?”
Max winced at her sarcastic tone knowing she was justified in her feelings.
“Liz I have no choice.”
“There is always a choice Max”
Impatience and frustration flared across his face as he turned to face her.
“Not when the choice is your life Liz”
“There is no life without you Max”
Max shook his head and sat on the bed.
“Your eighteen years old Liz. You have your whole life ahead of you. Don’t be ridiculous”
Silently she sat near him.
“So do you Max. Don’t throw it away. Don’t marry her”
Max gently pulled her in close wrapping his strong arms around her.
“I don’t expect you to understand Liz. Our worlds are different. Just being here with you I’m risking too much. I shouldn’t even be here. I just couldn’t bare to –
He became very quiet as he let her go and walked back into the darkness. He was just making it worse. Drawing out the painful conclusion. It was a mistake to have come, he was only causes her more pain. He had to leave this was something impossible for her to understand.
“Max?”
“Max? No wait! Bare to what? What it is Max?”
She grabbed his hand before hearing his faint whisper just before he disappeared.
“I will always be yours Liz”
He panicked when he spotted the clock on his night stand. He was late. Victoria was going to be furious. Just then Isabel came rushing into his room.
“There you are!”
“Everyone’s at the mansion Max! We assumed you were already there. What is going on? What are you doing?”
Max looked down visibly upset.
“No. Max why are you doing this to yourself? Do you want to get Liz killed?”
Max stared back at her with a hurtful pained expression.
“I’m sorry. That was out of line. Look Max this is something you are just going to have to except.”
Just then his cell phone started to ring.
“Victoria”
“Tell me your lying in a ditch somewhere unable to move because anything less then you dying is not going to pass for you making me look like a fool!”
“My car … it’s my car. Isabel will tell you she’s here if you’d like to talk to her she came to get me.”
Isabel grabbed for the phone as she pulled his tux from the door and threw it at him.
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Max stood politely against the wall thanking her their guests for their generous gifts as they filed out of the mansion.
Victoria was saying goodbye to his parents and his sister when he walked over.
“Just three more months and we’ll be family”
“Yes and may we say just how pleased we are. This union has brought such happiness to our home"
“Mom dad you should get Isabel home it’s getting late.”
Victoria brushed by Max running her hand over his butt and whispered in his ear.
“Say your goodbyes and meet me upstairs Max”
Max’s mother could see how distraught he was. She hugged him in an uncharacteristic move.
“Son we all have to make sacrifices. I know that the hardest ones to make are the ones that involve the heart. In time you will see that this was the best for everyone involved.”
Max nodded forcing a smile from his face as he closed the door.
He looked up at the winding staircase that led to the master bedroom and slowly made his way towards her.
He swallowed hard as he pushed open the double doors revealing the candle lit room and Victoria lying nude across the massive bed.
“Take off your clothes Max”
Max closed the door and stood with his back to her. His hands were shaking as his body screamed for him to run. How was he going to do this? He stared at the door refusing to look at her.
He closed his eyes as he recalled the threats she made against his family...against Liz. He felt as though he had no choice. He had to protect her.
"Max? Is there a problem?"
He cleared his throat as he turned to face her.
"No. No problem"
Closing his eyes again he struggled to find a way to get through this.
Slowly he began to see his angel in his mind. He could see her sitting on her bed with her hand reaching out for him. She was so beautiful...so innocent. For a second he realized that this was a gift. If he could sustain these images maybe he could do this.
His slid off his jacket and placed it over a large chair in the corner of the room.
“Come here Max”
Max obeyed and walked to the edge of the bed and closed his eyes.
Soon he felt the warmth of her hands as she unbuttoned his shirt and caressed the skin underneath.
Her lips seized his in a searing kiss as she stripped him of his shirt and grazed her nails down his muscular form.
“Mmm very nice Max”
He squeezed his eyes tighter as he hung on to Liz’s image. A soft moan escaped his lips as she pressed her breasts against his hard chest.
“Oh yes Max. I’ve been waiting for this for so long.”
Max was breathless now as Liz caressed his stomach going lower to his hard arousal.
He heard the zipper of his dress pants release and soon felt the cool air as his clothes were pulled down his legs.
A low groan spilled from his open mouth as he felt Liz kiss and lick his neck. His desire for her was so strong he couldn’t hold out any longer. Taking her soft pink lips he reached down and grasped her bottom and pulled her against his hard cock.
Max was lost helpless as he lowered her down to the bed. His angel looked up at him pleading for him to take her.
Kissing his way down her body he lavished his tongue over her hard peaks making her arch into him with intense pleasure.
Carefully he parted her legs with his knee. Her hands raked through his hair as he moved back up to her lips. He needed to look at her as he made love to her. He needed to see the love in her eyes - the love that was only meant for him.
Moving against her she opened her legs welcoming him inside. He shook as he began to thrust inside her.
“Oh yes Max!”
Hearing her voice the illusion was shattered. His eyes flew open and he gasped at what was beneath him.
A sharp pain shot across his chest and dug painfully into his guts.
“I-I am so sorry…
Max stood quickly and frantically pulled his clothes back on.
“What!”
“I-I don’t feel very well I’m so sorry”
Pure rage slowly took over Victoria as she rose from her bed and slipped her silk robe over her pale shoulders.
Her eyes flickered from emerald green to pitch black as she lit a cigarette and stared out the window.
Max took off running through the woods as fast as his legs would go. The wind wiped against his bare chest as he dogged the trees running as fast as he could.
Spotting the cave he ran inside and slid down the damp wall. Quickly he closed his eyes and began to concentrate.
Covered in sweat and gasping for air Max leaned against her bedroom wall.
His tearful eyes gazed upon her as he approached her bed.
"Liz"
"Please Liz wake up"
"I need to talk to you"
His voice cracked as his tears fell against her bare shoulder.
"Max?"